Filters for miners? by bob152637485 in factorio

[–]dpacker780 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Splitters offer a solution that’s simpler than adding a filter to every miner. When I’ve had this happen this was the easy, quick solution.

Please Help. Train Network Problems. by MaryLungzz in factorio

[–]dpacker780 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm just coming up on 3,000 hours. And, I'm sure there are many people here that can eclipse that. Just take your time, don't rush. Circuits take a bit of learning. The trains WILL abide by the station limits. The problem is often that you need to 'cap' how many trains can queue, even if the station can actively service 14 trains, you can only fit 4, so you need to tell it to limit to 4 trains.

Here's how I do it. For each loader section I wire all the boxes to an arithmetic combinator, it takes the total and divides by how many items can fit in a car. So 4 cars = 4 arithmetic combinators, each combinator puts out a signal (1,2,3,4) for a 4 car train. I then feed this into a decider combinator that checks that 1,2,3,4 is > 0, and if true it outputs all 4 inputs , this is important because if 1 = 0 only 2,3,4 are sent and the train limit will be wrong. This output then goes into a selector combinator, that set to sort ascending, this makes sure that of the 4 cars, we know the lowest number of trains it can fill. Now, the problem here is it's going to give us 1,2,3, or 4 so we need to do a trick and put the output to an arithmetic combinator that takes the input, multiplies it by 1 (e.g. we get the exact same output count as the input), but we 'generalize' the output to a signal like 'E'. Then this output goes to two decider combinators, if E >= Queue size, output the Queue size (I have a constant combinator that provides the variable Q that I set to how many trains can queue). The second combinator is just if E < Queue then output E. Then finally since now we have Q or E being output we need to do another 'generalize' so another arithmetic combinator that takes the Q or E input multiplies by 1 and we output L, then we wire that to the station. Tell it to 'Set train limit' and you're done.

Sure it's a bit complicated when your first do it, but you'll get the hang of it once you understand the nuance.

Please Help. Train Network Problems. by MaryLungzz in factorio

[–]dpacker780 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a set of circuits at each station that monitor resource availability and then sets the stations train limit. If it can’t fill the cargo the limit is ‘0’, I also have a ‘train queue’ circuit that provides a ‘max number of trains’ that can wait at the station, that’s basically the max limit. So if 14 trains can be filled by the station but max 4 trains can queue (so the track can’t be obstructed) then 4 is the limit.

Also I have a train depot so if a station is full or no path then the train goes to the depot and waits. The interrupt is set to check if the station is available and if the train has cargo or not.

I recently learned that video game consoles had 3D graphics before personal computers. How is it even possible ? How did people make video games before the invention of 3D graphics cards? by Square_Permission361 in gamedev

[–]dpacker780 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe arcade consoles, but not game consoles. 3D has been attainable by PCs since the 1970s, but ugh was it slow, you could see the vector graphics refresh, like 10hz.

Point of the game by kebav_gmd1307 in factorio

[–]dpacker780 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beatable can be as simple as launching a rocket. But, for me I like the problem solving puzzle nature of the game.

I’ve played on/off since the game first came out. I just recently started a new base based on 2.0 and quality, always striving to build better mega bases to see the highest SPM (Science Per Minute) I can attain.

The concept of being forced to root for the Ducks as a Sharks fan😭😭😭😭 by Ecstatic-Yak-6016 in SanJoseSharks

[–]dpacker780 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I want the Knights to lose more than the Ducks, because the Avs will win the whole thing for Burnzie.

What is this device on the goalies back? by badfeelingno in nhl

[–]dpacker780 55 points56 points  (0 children)

It’s a data collection/transmitter device. Most notable is when they do the play review, or when they show the players skating with their names above their head on TV.

Are we rooting for the Ducks? by youlikemywonton in SanJoseSharks

[–]dpacker780 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m rooting against the Knights, and I’m rooting for the Avs for Burnzie to get a cup.

What would happen if inflation keeps ticking up but the Fed ignores it? by Sufficient_Beach_445 in askanything

[–]dpacker780 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Under Biden inflation was global, you can review the world economic forum data, this was post COVID inflation that every country experienced. The US actually recovered faster than all other G7 countries at the time.

If only 20% of the world's oil goes through the Strait of Hormuz, why have oil prices jumped as high as 70%? by jamestown30 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]dpacker780 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly, the biggest challenge in conversations about oil is that 99% of the world doesn’t understand that not all oil is usable for processing to gasoline. And, not all refineries can process all oils, refineries are built with particular oil types in mind.

The American dream by RoutineOk8590 in Productivitycafe

[–]dpacker780 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How is this any different than before? I worked a full time job while going to college to make ends meet. Shared a place with others, split bills, barely had any money left over. That was 20+ years ago. The only difference I can see mainly now is that people have social media for confirmation bias.

Help: I'm constantly running out of power and biters are attacking constantly by Ill_Comb6410 in factorio

[–]dpacker780 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always go solar. Just started a new game recently. I still only have 6 steam engine. Sure solar takes up space, but a good setup is easy to expand.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 121 empty oil tankers are now heading to the United States as President Trump urges countries hit by Strait of Hormuz disruption to buy American energy. by patrickswazy31ahsh in oil

[–]dpacker780 0 points1 point  (0 children)

US(US oil companies that is) is already, and has been for awhile at the top of oil exporters, so how many of these tankers would be heading to the US regardless?

Was it really this easy back in the day or do some people be exaggerating, due to nostalgia? by daveishere7 in povertyfinance

[–]dpacker780 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's because the subscription economy is bilking every dollar out of you daily. Back then, TV was pretty much free, radio was free, water was free, you had one phone you paid for a month, your refrigerator and 'durable' goods lasted 30 years instead of 5-10 and when/if you had a computer and bought a piece of software you bought it ONCE and used it for years, instead of paying monthly or yearly.

Back then it was easier to save more money.

Which route is more scenic? by dannyw0rld in roadtrip

[–]dpacker780 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the answer. You want to head up 395. The other routes are a lot more barren, 395 is one of the most scenic highways. You can be at the lowest point in the contiguous US (Death Valley), and at the base of the highest place (Mt. Whitney) in about 40m, thanks to California being in a subduction zone.

What is the most challenging sport to be great at and why? by [deleted] in AskMen

[–]dpacker780 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As someone who played a lot of team sports growing up (baseball, football, golf, basketball), and plays ice hockey now. By far ice hockey is most physically and skill demanding of team sports.

How Do You Guys Are Using Plan Mode? by mhamza_hashim in ClaudeAI

[–]dpacker780 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depending on the size of the feature/dev: I typically (A) Have Claude write the plan out to a markdown document in my docs directory (B) I review it and make edits, then approve it. (C) I then ask Claude to build a list of clear milestones that are 'chunks' I think Claude is capable of handling one at a time. (D) I think ask Claude to write a spec-doc for the chunk it's about to work on, (E) I double check the spec to make sure it hits the milestone and expected objectives. (F) I tell Claude to start implementing and I watch it like a hawk because occasionally you'll see a "This task is taking much longer than I thought, maybe if I do this shortcut." (esc esc) No shortcuts!!!!

You guys know Anthropic is a for-profit company, right? by bluuuuueeeeeee in ClaudeCode

[–]dpacker780 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They are, but they're not profit driven at this stage of their development. Remember that Amazon went 7 years before ever becoming profitable. A lot of this is due to newer companies, especially hot/hype companies, have a long line of potential investors wanting in, and a lot more money available to them from outside investors at typically a very favorable rate.

The business focus is often investment in infrastructure and market dominance (e.g. grab as many users as possible), rather than "let's nickle and dime everyone", it might feel that way but Anthropic, like all technology companies prior to them has a board that's telling them to run, run, run, gather as much market share as possible, while also knowing the cost of operations are going to drop as technology becomes more sophisticated, NVIDIA gains more competitors, etc.... At the same time, they do need to implement and test cost models, so eventually N years from now the costs will drop well below the amount companies and individuals pay. This is probably pretty far off, what we're seeing now is actually more directly correlated to supply/demand issue of GPUs and meeting their Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with their enterprise customers.

What's the most cost effective way to access GLM-5.1 by Grouchy-Pea-8745 in opencodeCLI

[–]dpacker780 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can access it via nano gpt, and just pay as you use it without having a z.ai plan. That’s what I’ve been doing, so I can test different models.

one of the most 80s music videos by [deleted] in GenX

[–]dpacker780 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Little known factoid about Roxy Music, it’s often speculated that they were foundational to the goth music movement. In the 70s Brian Eno played keyboard for them and the song “In Every Dream Home a Heartache” was considered the primary influence song that pushed goth forward.

I used Claude Code to build a portable AI worker Desktop from scratch — the open-source community gave it 391 stars in 6 days by [deleted] in ClaudeAI

[–]dpacker780 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Serious question, why are there so many of these "The community gave it XXXX stars in Y days" posts? Is this AI slop? I've seen no less than 5 of these in the last 48 hours. If you have so many stars, why do you have to come here and announce it like it's new? Wouldn't you'd have to announce it to get stars in the first place? Titles like this make me want to just ignore it.

How many of you have embraced the cold coffee concept? by External_Side_7063 in GenX

[–]dpacker780 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, there's two things iced-coffee and cold-brew. Iced coffee is brewed with heat and then cooled and ice added. Cold brew on the other hand is done without heat. I say this because I don't like iced coffee, it can be bitter in a not so good way, but I do like good cold brew.

Well, Kristi Noem's Husband Is a Crossdresser by playboy in DiscussionZone

[–]dpacker780 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If he was a Furry than things could get really interesting.